This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
be2net-fix-potential-memory-leak-in-be_xmit.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 8ffd15a20d01b67ece27b1c3b00436310659a7f0
Author: Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 15 22:48:02 2024 +0800
be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()
[ Upstream commit e4dd8bfe0f6a23acd305f9b892c00899089bd621 ]
The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.
Fixes: 760c295e0e8d ("be2net: Support for OS2BMC.")
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20241015144802.12150-1-wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index a7a3e2ee06768..51dddf63d40f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1383,10 +1383,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
be_get_wrb_params_from_skb(adapter, skb, &wrb_params);
wrb_cnt = be_xmit_enqueue(adapter, txo, skb, &wrb_params);
- if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt)) {
- dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
- goto drop;
- }
+ if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt))
+ goto drop_skb;
/* if os2bmc is enabled and if the pkt is destined to bmc,
* enqueue the pkt a 2nd time with mgmt bit set.
@@ -1395,7 +1393,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
BE_WRB_F_SET(wrb_params.features, OS2BMC, 1);
wrb_cnt = be_xmit_enqueue(adapter, txo, skb, &wrb_params);
if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt))
- goto drop;
+ goto drop_skb;
else
skb_get(skb);
}
@@ -1409,6 +1407,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
be_xmit_flush(adapter, txo);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+drop_skb:
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
drop:
tx_stats(txo)->tx_drv_drops++;
/* Flush the already enqueued tx requests */
